Stephen Petegorsky { 1 galleries }

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Since 1998 Stephen Petegorsky has been documenting the work of a small group that seeks to improve the lives of people with disabilities, especially in developing countries. Their projects have included the development of prosthetics clinics in Nicaragua and Honduras, the opening of a workshop in Nicaragua where wheelchairs are made by hand, assistance to landmine victims in Colombia and Peru, evaluation of clinics in Ethiopia, as well as wheelchair and prosthetics training in Jordan to aid Syrians injured in their country’s civil war. My hope is that this work with the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development highlights not so much the terrible things that have happened to people, but rather the fact that it is quite possible to help people lead better lives.